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Mikhail Kolyada Withdraws from Olympics due to COVID-19

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That's what floored me too. How did they NOT bubble the team? Wasn't it the whole point of pre-Oly camp??? I am literally unsure what to hyperventilate about now.

The good news is that Eteri's skaters are still in Moscow, considering Mishins team is in Krasnoyarsk if i were Russian Fed i would stop everyone else from coming now. I thought the whole point of them going to Krasnoyarsk was to quarantine?
 
Yes, according to Sport Express
Also there's a mention that there was NO bubble for the skaters in Krasnoyarsk??? RusFed... I knew you were stupid, but this is a new low. Anyone responsible for that should be fired immediately.
Oh god, so there are already 2 cases from different teams in Krasnoyarsk.

Do we know how many have arrived yet? If there are skaters who havn´t arrived yet they should seriously reconsider and making their own bubble before going to Beijing. This doesn´t sound safe at all.
 
Well that explains why Mark Kondratiuk pcs just skyrocketed at Euros from 76 in Rostelcom to 90. COVID or not, Kolyada probably wouldnt make it because of the injury. So their top skater was gone and now Rus was left with a bunch of nobodies with no reputation. Which would have put their team gold in jeopandy against USA. So they pretentiously inflated one of them and now they still have a top male skater. I mean he literally went from a nobody to a supposedly top tier artistic skater in less than 2 months. Yeah he skated cleaner at Euros but if you are hitting 90pcs in your second senior competition I expect god like artistry
This isn't really the thread to be talking about your conspiracy theories!! Take it else where please!! Not appreciated or appropriate.
 
Kolyada was perfectly fine and training at full strength on the 19th. He isn't staying home because of his injury ot a long-standing case of COVID. He got sick in the last couple of days.

Yes, and he was likely working out with the group a Mishin coach in Krasnoyarsk has tested positive now. Anyone not in Krasnoyarsk should be told to not come and have them train/quarantine elsewhere, Krasnoyarsk is compromised

https://www.sports.ru/figure-skatin...ina-sdal-polozhitelnyj-test-na-koronavir.html
 
Do we know how many have arrived yet? If there are skaters who havn´t arrived yet they should seriously reconsider and making their own bubble before going to Beijing. This doesn´t sound safe at all.
Semenenko, Tuktamysheva, B/K, M/G, Gumennik (They were all on the same plane)
S/K, Kondratiuk, Mozalev, Kh/B

It was stated that S/B are planning to stay in Moscow due to the positive cases in Krasnoyarsk.

Girls, D/S, T/M should arrive tomorrow.

Edit: P/Kh seem to be in Krasnoyarsk. I've seen them on the news
 
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This hasn't shown to be consequential yet, but scheduling the Junior Russian Championships before the Olympics was completely boneheaded and really shows how unserious they have been about guarding themselves from COVID. They are usually held right around the time the Olympics are held. They should have kept that time schedule even if skaters had to go without coaches. Even if some camps wanted to tighten things down after Europeans they couldn't because they would be expected to show up at the Junior Championships. The federation put them in that position.
 
The good news is that Eteri's skaters are still in Moscow, considering Mishins team is in Krasnoyarsk if i were Russian Fed i would stop everyone else from coming now. I thought the whole point of them going to Krasnoyarsk was to quarantine?
I am happy for Team T, but yes, they need to send the Moscow skaters directly to China like Stepanova and Bukin are doing. And save those who had already arrived to Krasnoyarsk... I dunno how.
 
Someone should start a "closed" thread where the mods or someone will post who has to withdraw from the skating competitions.

By hook or by crook, I am sure Eteri's girls will be okay.
 
I'm devastated for Misha, he's worked so hard to get to this point and I really wanted him to have performances he could be proud of at the Olympics. Also really worried about the rest of the skaters in Krasnoyarsk now that I'm starting to read this thread more.

It's bittersweet that this is how Semenenko gets to go to Beijing-- I enjoyed his skates at Worlds and live in Vancouver and have wanted him to do well since then. I hope he stays healthy and gets to make the most of this opportunity.
 
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